Johns Hopkins University
Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing

CAAT News and Upcoming Events

News and upcoming events sponsored by CAAT, CAAT-Europe, and the Transatlantic Think Tank for Toxicology (t⁴).

PRESS RELEASE: Lab-Grown ‘Mini-Brains’ Suggest COVID-19 Virus Can Infect Human Brain Cells

Coronavirus Could Infect Human Brain and Replicate, US Study Shows (Financial Times) (Paywall)

Jamie DeRita Memorial Animal Protection Symposium
July 9, 2020
Free Online

Next Generation Humane Science Award: Apply Now!
Deadline Extended to August 1st, 2020

SAVE THE DATE
Pan-American Conference for Alternative Methods
May 12-14, 2021
Windsor, Ontario
Canada

CAAT-Europe

CAAT and CAAT-Europe promise sound scientific synergy involving experts from both sides of the Atlantic to promote the implementation of human-relevant alternative approaches, the advancement of research, and the dissemination of the 3Rs.

POSTPONED:
5th International Conference on Alternatives for Developmental Neurotoxicity (DNT) Testing
Konstanz, Germany
Tentatively Rescheduled for October/November 2020
Please Sign Up for our CAATwalk Newsletter for Updates

Altertox Academy: 2020 Training Courses

CAAT-Europe is housed at the University of Konstanz, Germany.

From CAATwalk

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• Hopkins Researchers Show COVID-19 Could Infect the Brain and Replicate (Financial Times)
• Humane Society International and Humane Society of the U.S. Support CAAT's Grant to Fast-Track Non-Animal Approaches for COVID-19 Mechanisms, Medicines, and Vaccine Research 
• Jamie DeRita Memorial Animal Protection Symposium
• JOIN US NOW! Summer School on Innovative Approaches in Science
• Toxicology for the 21st Century: What is in the Box for Excipients? Webinar
• Helena Hogberg on Platforms for Neurological Drug Discovery and Toxicology Screening
• WATCH NOW: OpenTox Webinar: Harnessing the Power of Novel Animal-free Test Methods for the Development of COVID-19 Drugs and Vaccines 
• Thomas Hartung on Rush to Publish COVID-19 Papers (Financial Times)
• Final Paper: Harnessing the Power of Novel Animal-free Test Methods for the Development of COVID-19 Drugs and Vaccines
• New Publication: Identification of Mitochondrial Toxicants by Combined In Silico and In Vitro Studies—A Structure-based View on the Adverse Outcome Pathway
• LIVe2021: Lung In Vitro Event for Innovative & Predictive Models postponed to June 14-15, 2021
• SAVE THE DATE! 3rd Pan-American Conference for Alternative Methods
• DNT5 Update